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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 12h

10/8 Graduate student workers at Univ. of Maine system rally for contract #maine #MEpolitics

Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 16h

10/8 Mainers, Dexter High School students need our help - votedexter.com #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 1d

10/7 Maine Family Planning to shut down its primary care services after Republicans cut its Medicaid funding, adding to a miserable year for health care in #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 2d

10/6 Pope Leo tells American Catholics that being anti-abortion alone isn’t enough to be truly “pro-life”
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 2d

10/6 NEW DETAILS on Maine resident allegedly receiving election ballots in Amazon package #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 3d

10/5 President Trump commits United States to the security of the Middle East nation of Qatar... the country that gave him a 747 and in which he's building a $5.5 billion golf resort #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 4d

10/3 The U.S. economy has lost jobs for second month in a row... the first consecutive months of job losses since the height of the pandemic #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 6d

10/2 Newburgh, Maine resident claims she received stacks of ballots in an Amazon package, but little about the story adds up #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 7d

10/2 Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree says Republican healthcare cuts will be “particularly devastating in Maine”
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 7d

10/1 Shutdown begins with Trump Admin freezing $18 billion in funds for Democratic leaders’ home state
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 7d

10/1 The federal government has shut down. Here's how it will affect Mainers at the start. #maine #MEpolitics #shutdown

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 8d

10/1 BREAKING NEWS: Northern Light Health and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have FAILED to reach an agreement that would keep Northern Light doctors and medical services in-network for Anthem customers in Maine. #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 8d

9/30 UPDATE: Federal funding for veterans program at University of Southern Maine has been restored. Press Herald has the story: https://www.pressherald.com/2025/09/30/feds-restore-funding-to-usm-program-that-helps-veterans-go-to-college/ #maine #MEpolitics

Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 8d

9/30 The Trump Administration is giving Argentina a $20 billion bailout while Argentina is screwing struggling American soybean farmers
#maine #MEpolitics #farmers

Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 9d

9/30 Good morning, Mainers. It's Tuesday and we're following two huge news stories today — it's the deadline for Anthem and Northern Light Health, and the headline for the President and Congress to avert a shutdown of the federal government.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 9d

9/29 The Trump Admin has cut funding for a successful veterans program at the University of Southern Maine because aspects of the program "reflect the prior administration's priorities and policy preferences and conflict with those of the current administration." #maine #MEpolitics #veterans #trauma

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 9d

9/29 Maine small business owner urges Senator Collins to extend health care tax relief in shutdown talks
#maine #MEpolitics #shutdown #healthcare

Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 10d

9/28 Maine’s drought conditions worsen, leading to alarming increase in dry wells #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 11d

9/26 The Trump Administration has removed signs 10 signs at Acadia National Park talking about the impacts of climate change on the park and about the connection of the Wabanaki people to Cadillac Mountain because they diminish “the remarkable achievements of the United States" #maine #MEpolitics

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 11d

9/27 Northern Light Health will stop accepting Anthem for insurance on Wednesday, with both sides still arguing about it in public #maine #MEpolitics #republican #maga #trump

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 13d

9/25 President Trump on Wednesday night threatened to permanently fire federal workers in programs outside his core priorities rather than negotiate to avoid a shutdown next week
#maine #MEpolitics #republican #maga #trump

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 13d

9/25 Heads up: President Trump has begun officially prosecuting his political enemies, firing a U.S. attorney who found there was insufficient evidence and replacing him with an unqualified aide now racing to indict the former FBI director
#maine #MEpolitics #republican #maga #trump

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 14d

9/24 Maine’s minimum wage will increase to $15.10/hr in January, though Portland residents will vote in November on whether to increase it further #maine #MEpolitics #republican #maga #trump

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 14d

9/24 Quick reminder about Senator Collins’ fund for rural hospitals: It was created to compensate for the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget #maine #MEpolitics #maga #trump

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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 14d

President Trump has abandoned shutdown negotiations because Democrats want to also prevent massive health care cost increases that will affect 60,000 Maine people in December and Medicaid cuts that could affect 1 in 3 Mainers #maine #MEpolitics

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